Young soldier strives to set self apart from peers [Image 3 of 3]

AFGHANISTAN

03.20.2012

Spc. Grant M. Allen, 3rd Squad, 1st Platoon, Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, age 22, of Highland, Calif., was responsible for pulling security and helping engineers with the building of a road in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, recently. “If it helps U.S. forces get from one place to another on a secured route it makes me feel good because I know a lot of my brothers will come home safe and it could help guys in my company make it home from their deployment,” he said.